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IOC, Tokyo target soaring 2020 Games costs INTERNATIONAL

IOC, Tokyo target soaring 2020 Games costs

The International Olympic Committee chief and Tokyo's governor on Tuesday agreed to work together on cutting skyrocketing costs for the 2020 Games, as reports said ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
International Olympic Committee backs new anti-doping body INTERNATIONAL

International Olympic Committee backs new anti-doping body

Olympic chiefs on Saturday asked the World Anti-Doping agency to create a new drug testing body and called for sports' top court to rule on doping sanctions, moves aimed at curbing the powers of federations.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
German athletics chief not impressed with IOC over doping and Russia CULTURE

German athletics chief not impressed with IOC over doping and Russia

German athletics federation (DLV) chief Clemens Prokop has named the International Olympic Comittee (IOC) ‘a problematic actor’ in the fight against doping ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Passports of Irish Olympic officials seized in Rio ticket probe CULTURE

Passports of Irish Olympic officials seized in Rio ticket probe

Brazilian police seized passports of Irish Olympic officials to keep them in Rio de Janeiro for questioning, as authorities intensified their probe into possible ticket scalping involving Ireland's top Olympic official, Patrick Hickey.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IOC chief urges total review of world anti-doping system CULTURE

IOC chief urges total review of world anti-doping system

Olympics chief Thomas Bach called for a complete overhaul of the global anti-doping system on Tuesday after revelations of state-backed cheating by Russia rocked preparations for the Rio Games.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
No blanket ban on Russians in Rio, says IOC CULTURE

No blanket ban on Russians in Rio, says IOC

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not impose a blanket ban on Russia for next month's Rio Olympics over the nation's doping record but will leave decisions on individual athletes' participation with their sports federations.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IOC will take 'toughest sanctions' over Sochi doping CULTURE

IOC will take 'toughest sanctions' over Sochi doping

The International Olympic Committee said that Russian doping cover-ups confirmed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) showed a "shocking and unprecedented attack on the integrity of sport and the Olympic Games".

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IOC unlikely to overturn Russia ban, says Coates INTERNATIONAL

IOC unlikely to overturn Russia ban, says Coates

The International Olympic Committee is unlikely to overturn world athletics' ban on the Russian track and field team at the Rio de Janeiro Games, IOC Vice-President John Coates said ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
WHO rejects call for Olympics to be moved due to Zika INTERNATIONAL

WHO rejects call for Olympics to be moved due to Zika

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday rejected a call for the Rio Olympic Games to be moved or postponed due to the threat posed by a large outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IOC taking Tokyo bribery scandal 'seriously' CULTURE

IOC taking Tokyo bribery scandal 'seriously'

A senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official said Thursday allegations of illegal payments to help Tokyo win the 2020 Games were being taken ‘very seriously’...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Athletes and federations face Olympic doping bans - Bach CULTURE

Athletes and federations face Olympic doping bans - Bach

IOC president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday that athletes and federations face life bans from the Olympics as he warned that doping has hit "an unprecedented level of criminality".

4:45 AM November 25 2016
New rules on pros fighting at Olympics set for vote CULTURE

New rules on pros fighting at Olympics set for vote

Boxing's global governing body will vote within three months on proposals that would allow all professional fighters to compete in the Olympic Games, including in Rio, AIBA's president told AFP ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016